Hearing the Voices of Biblical Women Through Midrash 

Wednesdays at 3pm ET / Noon PT
January 21 - February 11

4 sessions
Each session is an hour and 15 minutes

 

 

What were biblical women thinking and doing when the men around them received all the attention and glory? Through the ancient literary art of midrash, we can discover inspiring tales of biblical women and find wisdom for our modern lives.

Using her book “Biblical Women Speak,” Rabbi Marla Feldman will explain what midrash is, share tales of biblical women, and reveal how their stories continue to be relevant today. Over the course of four sessions, participants will creatively engage with the biblical text and learn to read our sacred scriptures with “midrashic eyes.” 

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Rabbi Marla Feldman is the author of the recently published book of feminist midrash, Biblical Women Speak: Hearing Their Voices through New and Ancient Midrash (JPS, 2023).  Feldman is both a Reform rabbi and a lawyer. She is the Executive Director Emerita of Women of Reform Judaism and previously served as the Director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism.

Feldman’s modern midrashim have been published in several collections, most recently “Tamar, Lioness of Judah” (Women in Judaism E-Journal, 2025). Feldman also contributed chapters in numerous books, including The Social Justice Torah Commentary, Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority, Righteous Indignation, and The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate. She was the guest editor of CCAR Journal issues on Gender in Jewish Life (2021) and Pay Equity (2018). Feldman’s articles and op-eds have appeared in Jewish publications and newspapers nationwide.

Registration

The class is offered on a sliding scale. Please choose the most appropriate level below.

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